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THE 

ORK  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 

TOR  LENOX  AND  TILDEN 
FOUNDATIONS 


* FOR  THE  PUBLIC 


NEW  YORK 
1914 


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CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Board  of  trustees 4 


Officers  5 

Committees  6 

General  statement 7-8 

Reference  work 8-9 

Circulation  work 10-27 

Directory  29-42 


Printed  catalogues  and  reading  lists.  45-46 


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BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 


John  W.  Alexander,  116  East  65th  street. 
William  W.  Appleton,  35  West  32nd  street. 
John  L.  Cadwalader,  40  Wall  street. 
Andrew  Carnegie,  2 East  91st  street. 
Cleveland  H.  Dodge,  99  John  street. 

John  Murphy  Farley,  452  Madison  avenue. 
Samuel  Greenbaum,  2 East  94th  street. 
Frederic  R.  Halsey,  22  West  53rd  street. 
John  Henry  Hammond,  40  Wall  street. 

Lewis  Cass  Ledyard,  54  Wall  street. 

J.  P.  Morgan,  23  Wall  street. 

Morgan  J.  O’Brien,  2 Rector  street. 

Stephen  H.  Olin,  34  Nassau  street. 

Henry  Fairfield  Osborn,  American  Museurq 
of  Natural  History. 

William  Barclay  Parsons,  60  Wall  street. 
George  L.  Rives,  69  East  79th  street. 

Charles  Howland  Russell,  15  Broad  street. 
Edward  W.  Sheldon,  45  Wall  street. 

George  W.  Smith,  149  Madison  avenue. 
Frederick  Sturges,  31  Nassau  street. 

Henry  W.  Taft,  40  Wall  street. 

William  Stewart  Tod,  5 Nassau*  street. 

John  Purroy  Mitchel, 

Mayor  of  the  City  of  New  York  (ex-officio). 

William  A.  Prendergast, 

Comptroller  of  the  City  of  New  York  (ex-officio). 

George  McAneny, 

President  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  (ex-officio) 


OFFICERS 


President:  Hon.  John  L.  Cadwalader,  LL.D. 


First  Vice-President : 

Hon.  George  L.  Rives,  LL.D. 

Second  Vice-President : 

Lewis  Cass  Ledyard,  Esq. 

Secretary:  Charles  Howland  Russell,  Esq., 

476  Fifth  avenue. 

Treasurer : Edward  W.  Sheldon,  Esq., 

45  Wall  street. 

Assistant  Treasurer : 

United  States  Trust  Company, 

45  Wall  street. 

Director:  Edwin  H.  Anderson,  Esq., 

476  Fifth  avenue. 


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COMMITTEES 


Art 

John  W.  Alexander,  Chairman;  John  L. 
Cadwalader,  Charles  Howland  Russell. 

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Circulation 

William  W.  Appleton,  Chairman;  Mark 
Ash,  Samuel  Greenbaum,  D.  Phoenix 
Ingraham,  Joseph  H.  McMahon,  George 
W.  Smith,  Henry  W.  Taft,  Lucius  Wil- 
merding,  John  Henry  Hammond. 

Executive 

George  L.  Rives,  Chairman ; Cleveland  H 
Dodge,  William  Barclay  Parsons,  Charles 
Howland  Russell,  Edward  W.  Sheldon, 
The  President  (ex-officio). 

Finance 

William  Steward  Tod,  Chairman;  Andrew 
Carnegie,  George  L.  Rives,  Frederick  Stur- 
ges,  The  Treasurer  (ex-officio). 

Law 

John  Henry  Hammond,  Chairman;  Lewis 
Cass  Ledyard,  Morgan  J.  O’Brien. 

Library 

Morgan  J.  O’Brien,  Chairman ; Frederic  R. 
Halsey,  John  Henry  Hammond,  Stephen 
H.  Olin,  William  Barclay  Parsons. 

Advisory  Committee  on  Prints 

Frederic  R.  Halsey,  Chairman ; Edward  G 
Kennedy,  Howard  Mansfield. 


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GENERAL  STATEMENT 

HE  NEW  YORK  PUBLIC  LIBRARY 


is  administered  by  a board  of  twenty- 
five  trustees,  of  which  number  the  Mayor, 
the  Comptroller,  and  the  President  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  serve  ex-officio.  The 
executive  officer  of  the  corporation  is  the 
Director. 

The  work  of  the  Library  is  carried  on  in 
the  central  building  located  at  476  Fifth 
avenue  (40th  to  42nd  streets)  and  in  forty- 
two  * branch  libraries,  of  which  thirty-one 
are  in  Manhattan,  seven  in  the  Bronx,  and 
four  in  Richmond. 

The  central  building  was  erected  for 
The  New  York  Public  Library  by  the  City 
of  New  York,  at  an  approximate  cost,  ex- 
clusive of  the  ground  which  was  owned  by 
the  City,  of  $9,000,000.  It  was  opened  to 
the  public  on  May  23,  1911.  This  building 
serves  as  the  centre  of  the  whole  library 
system,  and  contains  the  administrative 
offices,  the  main  reference  collections,  a 
branch  for  the  circulation  of  books,  a chil- 
dren’s room,  and  also  the  Travelling  Library 
Office,  and  the  Library  for  the  Blind. 

Running  expenses  of  the  central  build- 
ing, salaries  of  employees,  purchases  of 
books  for  the  reference  collections  and  for 


* Includes  three  new  branches  to  be  opened  early 


in  1914 


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the  circulation  branch,  are  all  cared  for  by 
the  Library  out  of  its  own  funds  without 
expense  to  the  City. 

Administration  of  the  circulation  branch 
libraries  is  conducted  by  the  trustees  in 
accordance  with  contracts  entered  into  be- 
tween the  City  and  the  Library  on  July  17, 
1901,  and  March  20,  1902. 

During  the  year  ending  June  30,  1913,  the 
circulation  of  books  for  home  use  amounted 
to  8,111,875  volumes.  The  number  of  read- 
ers using  the  reference  collection  at  the 
central  building  was  442,091,  and  the  num- 
ber of  books  called  for  by  them  was  1,425,- 
221.  The  number  of  people  using  the  read- 
ing rooms  in  the  circulation  branches  was 
3,483,118.  There  were  2,133,608  volumes  in 
the  entire  Library  on  June  30,  1913.  The 
number  of  people  on  the  staff  of  the  refer- 
•ence  department  was  430;  on  the  staff  of 
the  circulation  department,  589,  total,  1,019. 

During  the  year  $492,408.09  were  spent 
for  the  maintenance  of  the  Reference  de- 
partment, all  from  funds  owned  by  the 
Library;  $703,858.09  for  the  Circulation  de- 
partment, largely  from  funds  furnished  by 
the  City. 

A list  of  the  branches  with  directions  for 
reaching  them,  etc.,  is  given  on  pages  31-41. 

REFERENCE  WORK 

The  reference  department  of  The  New 
York  Public  Library  is  located  in  the  cen- 
tral building,  476  Fifth  avenue.  It  main- 


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tains  a collection  of  books  now  numbering 
about  1,200,000  volumes  and  pamphlets, 
which  are  for  consultation  by  readers  with- 
in the  building  only,  and  cannot  be  bor- 
rowed for  home  use.  This  collection  in- 
eludes  literature  on  all  subjects  of  interest 
both  to  the  general  reader  and  to  the  research 
worker,  but  it  is  especially  rich  in  material 
dealing  with  American  history,  the  econom- 
ic and  social  sciences,  the  useful  arts,  music 
and  the  other  fine  arts,  public  documents 
and  official  publications  of  governments  and 
states,  and  files  of  periodicals.  Special  col- 
lections of  books  on  American  history;  gene- 
alogy; art  and  architecture;  music;  Jewish, 
Russian,  and  oriental  literatures;  the  mathe- 
matical and  physical  sciences;  economics  and 
sociology;  public  documents;  technology;  pat- 
ents ; current  periodicals  and  newspapers ; 
are  shelved  in  separate  rooms  for  the  use 
of  readers  desiring  to  make  investigation  in 
these  fields.  The  main  reading  room  and 
art  galleries  are  on  the  third  floor  of  the 
building. 

The  main  reading  room  and  the  public  cata- 
logue room  are  open  every  day  in  the  year, 
on  week  days  from  9 a.  m.  to  10  p.  m.,  on 
Sundays  from  1 to  10  p.  m.  All  the 
special  reading  rooms  but  four  have  the 
same  hours  except  that  they  close  on  New 
Year’s  day,  July  4,  and  Christmas.  The  map 
room,  music  room,  oriental  room,  and  pa- 
tents room  close  at  6 p.  m.  on  week  days  and 
the  entire  day  on  Sundays.  The  Stuart 
room  is  closed  on  Sundays,  the  other  art 
* galleries  and  exhibition  rooms  being  open 

from  1 to  6 p.  m.  on  Sundays. 


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CIRCULATION  WORK 

Borrowers’  Privileges 

The  field  of  the  circulation  department 
covers  the  Boroughs  of  Manhattan,  The 
Bronx,  and  Richmond,  and  provides  for 
every  person  with  a home  or  business  ad- 
dress in  the  city  the  free  privilege  of  bor- 
rowing books  from  its  branch  libraries. 
Borrowers’  cards  entitling  the  holders  to 
draw  for  home  use  four  books  and  one  cur- 
rent magazine  are  issued  to  readers  without 
charge  upon  personal  application  at  any 
branch.  In  addition  to  the  privilege  ex- 
tended to  general  readers,  special  cards 
good  for  twelve  books  for  study,  to  be  kept 
not  longer  that  six  months,  are  issued  to 
teachers  in  the  public  and  corporate  schools 
in  New  York  City,  and  to  clergymen,  jour- 
nalists, and  others  who  desire  them  for  im- 
portant study  and  investigation.  During  the 
summer  borrowers  are  allowed  to  take  out 
eight  books  at  one  time  for  vacation  read- 
ing, such  books  to  be  withdrawn  not  earlier 
than  May  15  and  retained  not  later  than 
October  1.  This  privilege  does  not  apply 
to  books  in  popular  demand. 

Branch  Libraries 

The  branch  libraries  are  operated  by  the 
circulation  department  of  The  New  York 
Public  Library.  Each  branch  maintains  an 
adult  department  with  a collection  of  books 
for  circulation  among  adult  readers,  a ju- 
venile department  with  a collection  of  books 
for  the  special  use  of  children,  and  a read- 
ing room  in  which  are  kept  daily  newspa- 


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pers,  current  magazines,  and  reference 
books. 

Three  of  the  branches  (Hamilton  Fish 


READING  ON  THE  ROOF  OF  A BRANCH  LIBRARY 

Park,  Rivington  Street,  and  Seward  Park) 
are  equipped  with  roof  reading  rooms  which 
are  open  to  readers  during  the  summer. 


Book  Collections 

The  book  collections  of  the  branches  and 
the  travelling  libraries  number  about  950,000 
volumes,  representing  about  109,000  sepa- 
rate titles.  In  the  different  branches  the 
collections  vary  in  size  according  to  the 
demands  of  population,  the  larger  branches 


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situated  in  densely  populated  sections  of  the 
city  containing  collections  numbering  from 
25,000  to  30,000  volumes,  while  the  smaller 
branches  in  less  crowded  districts  have  col- 
lections numbering  from  8,000  to  10,000 
volumes.  For  the  most  part  the  books  are 
placed  on  open  shelves  to  which  all  readers 
have  free  access  for  personal  selection  and 
consultation.  Besides  books  for  circulation, 
a collection  of  reference  books,  dictionaries, 
encyclopaedias,  year-books,  etc.,  is  main- 
tained at  each  branch,  and  an  assistant  is  de- 
tailed to  aid  readers  in  the  use  of  these 
books  and  to  answer  questions. 

Additions  are  being  constantly  made  to 
branch  collections,  both  by  the  duplication 
of  books  in  popular  demand,  and  by  the  pur- 
chase of  new  titles.  A classified  list  of  these 
additions  is  published  each  month  for  free 
distribution  to  readers  and  may  be  obtained 
at  any  branch. 

Technical  Books.  — In  response  to  the 
demands  of  readers  who  require  books  of  a 
technical  nature,  the  Library  maintains  at 
the  branches  special  collections  of  up-to- 
date  books  dealing  with  the  useful  arts  and 
applied  sciences.  Books  are  included  on 
a large  variety  of  subjects,  such  as  banking 
and  business  administration,  building  and 
construction,  manufacturing,  electrical  and 
mechanical  engineering,  the  special  trades, 
handicrafts,  etc.,  etc.  It  is  the  desire  of  the 
Library  not  only  to  satisfy  the  general  read- 
er, but  also  to  be  of  practical  assistance  to 
the  professional  and  business  man,  and  to 
the  artisan,  by  supplying  for  home  use  and 
study  the  best  books  along  the  lines  of  their 
special  interests. 


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Books  in  Foreign  Languages.  — To  meet 
the  needs  of  the  large  foreign  population  of 
the  city,  collections  of  books  in  foreign  lan- 
guages are  maintained  at  the  various 
branches.  Over  twenty-five  languages  are 
represented  in  a total  of  92,241  volumes, 
the  largest  collections  being  in  the  Ger- 
man, French,  Bohemian,  Italian,  Russian, 
Hungarian,  Hebrew,  and  Yiddish  languages. 
The  books  in  French  and  German,  being  in 
general  demand,  are  distributed  throughout 
the  system,  but  the  books  in  other  languages 
are  concentrated  in  branches  which  serve 
large  populations  speaking  those  languages. 

Music  Scores.  — The  Library  also  has  col- 
lections of  music  scores  available  for  circu- 
lation. The  entire  collection  now  numbers 
about  10,000  volumes,  and  includes  operas, 
oratorios  and  church  music,  songs  and 
choruses,  and  piano,  organ,  and  other  in- 
strumental music. 

Newspapers  regularly  kept  on  file  at  the 
various  branches  amount  to  about  ninety 
different  publications,  including  the  New 
York  daily  papers,  both  in  English  and  in 
foreign  languages,  the  weekly  local  papers 
of  the  five  boroughs  of  the  city,  and  a lim- 
ited number . of  newspapers  published 
abroad. 

Current  Periodicals  available  at  the 
branches  include  398  different  titles,  of 
which  271  are  in  English,  and  127  in  foreign 
languages.  This  collection  consists  of  popu- 
lar magazines,  literary  journals,  and  cur- 
rent reviews  in  the  fields  of  art,  technology, 
and  science.  Many  of  these  magazines  may 
be  borrowed  for  home  use. 


The  Interbranch  Loan  System 

With  so  many  branch  collections  to  main- 
tain, it  is  manifestly  impracticable  to  dupli- 
cate in  each  branch  any  but  the  works  of 
standard  authors  and  current  books  in  popu- 
lar demand.  In  order  that  the  other  books 
may  be  distributed  among  the  different 
branches  to  the  best  advantage,  and  at  the 
same  time  be  accessible  to  readers  in  all 
parts  of  the  city,  the  circulation  department 
maintains  the  so-called  Interbranch  Loan 
System  for  the  interchange  of  books  be- 
tween branches.  To  insure  prompt  service 


ONE  OF  THE  ELECTRIC  AUTOMOBILES 

in  this  interchange  of  books,  the  Library  has 
recently  placed  in  operation  two  electric 
delivery  wagons  which  start  from  the  cen- 


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tral  building  each  morning  and  during  the 
day  call  at  all  branches  in  Manhattan  and 
The  Bronx.  Branches  on  Staten  Island  are 
reached  through  outside  express  service. 

By  this  method  books  in  the  collection  of 
any  one  branch  are  made  available  for  cir- 
culation through  any  other  branch  upon  re- 
quest of  borrowers.  Thus  the  reader  at 
any  branch  has  the  advantage  of  selection 
from  the  entire  collection. 

Catalogues 

At  each  branch  a card  catalogue  is  kept 
in  which  are  listed  alphabetically,  by  author, 
title,  and  subject,  the  books  on  the  shelves. 
This  “dictionary”  catalogue  is  for  the  use 
of  readers,  and  library  assistants  are  always 
ready  to  explain  its  arrangement  and  an- 
swer any  questions  relating  to  its  use. 

Supplementary  to  the  card  catalogues  at 
the  various  branches,  a large  union  cata- 
logue of  the  books  in  the  entire  Depart- 
ment is  maintained  at  the  Cataloguing  Office, 
room  100,  central  building.  This  cata- 
logue is  open  to  the  public  on  week-days 
from  9 a.  m.  to  5 p.  m. 


The  Travelling  Libraries 

The  Travelling  Library  Office  with  about 
70,000  volumes  available  is  located  in  the 
central  building  and  has  a separate  en- 
trance on  the  Bryant  Park  side  off  of  West 
Fortieth  street.  It  is  maintained  for  the 
purpose  of  supplying  books  to  communities 
and  homes  in  outlying  districts  of  the  city 


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LOWER  EAST  SIDE 


TRAVELLING  LIBRARY  IN  THE  REST  ROOM  OF  A LARGE  DEPARTMENT  STORE 


not  served  by  the  regular  branches.  In 
such  localities  this  Office  has  established 
various  small  stations  to  which  collections 
of  books  for  circulation  are  sent  periodically 
and  renewed  as  occasion  demands.  At  the 
present  time  books  are  circulated  from 
about  200  such  stations  in  the  boroughs  of  * 

Manhattan,  the  Bronx,  and  Richmond. 

In  addition  to  these  community  libraries, 
collections  of  books  are  sent  to  churches 
and  Sunday-schools,  settlements  and  study- 
clubs,  to  various  schools,  playgrounds,  and 
recreation  centres,  to  commercial  institu- 
tions, such  as  department  stores  and  fac- 
tories, and  to  other  places  not  reached  by 
the  branch  libraries,  but  where  the  demand 
for  books  is  active  and  the  service  of  the 
Library  is  needed. 

Home  libraries,  each  consisting  of  about 
ten  selected  books,  are  sent  to  homes  in 
the  more  remote  districts  of  the  city  where 
the  houses  are  too  scattered  to  warrant  the 
establishment  of  a branch  or  station. 

The  extent  of  the  service  rendered  by  the 
Travelling  Library  Office  in  supplying  books 
to  places  not  otherwise  reached  is  shown  by 
the  fact  that  the  802  distributing  agencies 
conducted  by  this  Office  circulated  821,114 
volumes  in  1912. 


The  Library  for  the  Blind 

The  Library  for  the  Blind  is  located  in 
room  116  on  the  first  floor  of  the  central 
building.  It  is  open  to  readers  on  week- 
days from  9 a.  m.  to  5 p.  m.  The  present 
collection  contains  over  7,000  volumes,  3,500 

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pieces  of  music,  and  practically  all  of  the 
embossed  magazines  in  English,  French, 
and  German,  and  one  in  Esperanto.  On 
account  of  the  demand  for  different  types 


THE  LIBRARY  TEACHER  TEACHING  A BLIND  MAN  TO  READ 


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of  printing,  five  systems  of  typography  are 
represented  in  this  collection,  the  greatest 
number  of  books  being  printed  in  New 
York  point  and  Moon  type.  About  2,000 


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volumes  are  circulated  monthly.  At  the  re- 
quest of  readers,  books  are  sent  free  by  mail, 
or  they  may  be  delivered  through  any  branch 
library.  The  Library  provides  a home 
teacher,  without  charge,  for  adult  blind 
residents  of  the  city. 


Work  with  Children 

The  privileges  of  the  Library  are  offered 
to  every  child  living  in  the  boroughs  of 
Manhattan,  The  Bronx,  and  Richmond,  and 
upon  personal  application  at  any  branch  a 
library  card  may  be  obtained  entitling  the 
holder  to  draw  books  from  the  children’s 
room.  There  is  no  age  limit  for  children, 
but  as  a rule  those  who  have  reached  the 
8th  grade  in  the  public  schools  (average 
age  14  years)  and,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
children’s  librarian,  are  ready  for  more  ma- 
ture reading,  will  be  admitted  to  the  adult 
department. 

In  every  branch  a room,  or  section  of  a 
room,  is  maintained  for  the  use  of  children, 
and  is  in  charge  of  an  assistant  adapted  to 
this  work.  Each  children’s  room  contains 
a representative  collection  of  children’s 
books,  arranged  on  lo\#  shelves  and  sepa- 
rated into  designated  classes,  such  as  Fairy 
Tales,  Stories,  Electricity,  History,  Biog- 
raphy, etc.  In  the  use  of  these  books  chil- 
dren are  allowed  to  choose  freely  from  the 
shelves,  although  assistants  are  at  hand  to 
aid  in  the  selection  and  to  make  suggestions. 

Besides  the  books  for  circulation,  each 
children’s  room  contains  a collection  of 
books  for  reading  and  reference  use  in  the 


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SPRINGTIME  EXHIBIT  OF  BOOKS  AND  PICTURES  IN  THE  CENTRAL  CHILDREN’S  ROOM 


building.  A number  of  these  books  are  in 
attractive  illustrated  editions.  Boys  and 
girls  avail  themselves  freely  of  this  privi- 
lege and  very  many  of  them  come  to  read 


A STORY  HOUR  FOR  YOUNGER  CHILDREN 


and  study  in  the  children’s  rooms  in  con- 
nection with  their  lessons. 

The  children’s  room  in  the  central  build- 
ing contains  a larger  collection  of  books 
(about  3,000  volumes)  for  reference  and 
reading  room  use,  in  addition  to  its  circu- 
lating collection.  Provision  is  here  made 
for  aiding  parents,  teachers,  authors,  illus- 


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CHOOSING  THEIR  BOOKS  AFTER  A STORY  HOUR 


from  November  to  May,  groups  of  children 
and  of  older  boys  and  girls  come  together 
each  week  at  various  branches  to  listen  to 
stories  told  by  library  assistants.  The 
stories  are  adapted  from  a wide  range  of 
literary  sources,  and  include  folk-tales,  leg- 
ends, hero  stories,  and  historical  tales,  the 
general  purpose  being  to  arouse  in  the 


trators,  and  all  other  persons  interested  in 
books  for  children. 

Story-telling  is  assigned  a definite  place 
in  the  work  of  the  children’s  rooms,  and 


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children  deeper  and  more  varied  interests  in 
reading. 

The  results  of  the  work  with  children 
are  only  partially  indicated  by  the  circula- 
tion during  1912  from  the  children’s  rooms 
of  over  2,900,000  volumes,  more  than  one- 
third  of  the  total  circulation  for  the  year. 
Through  the  children’s  rooms  the  Library 
aims  not  only  to  provide  for  the  children 
of  this  city  opportunity  for  reading  and 
study,  under  intelligent  guidance,  but  also 
to  develop  in  them  a more  genuine  appre- 
ciation of  its  value  in  later  life. 

Work  with  Schools 

The  Library  makes  special  efforts  to  co- 
operate with  schools  and  other  educational 
institutions  of  the  city.  Upon  application 
at  any  branch,  teachers  may  obtain  special 
cards  entitling  them  to  extended  privileges 
in  the  borrowing  of  books  desired  for  pur- 
poses of  study  and  professional  work.  In 
addition  to  maintaining  a comprehensive 
collection  of  books  on  education,  the  Li- 
brary receives  practically  all  the  magazines 
of  interest  and  value  to  teachers,  published 
in  this  country  and  abroad. 

In  order  to  come  into  closer  contact  with 
the  pupils  in  the  schools,  arrangements  are 
made  whereby  classes  with  their  teachers 
visit  the  branches  during  school  hours  for 
systematic  instruction  in  the  use  of  the 
Library  and  its  books.  Assistants  from 
the  branches  also  visit  the  schools  in  their 
vicinity  for  the  purpose  of  consulting  with 
principals  and  teachers  and  of  promoting 
cooperation  between  the  Library  and  the 
schools.  In  connection  with  this  work  the 


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Library  has  placed  in  all  of  the  schools,  with 
the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Education,  bul- 
letin boards  which  are  reserved  for  library 
notices,  such  as  lists  of  new  books  of  in- 
terest to  teachers  and  announcements  of 
various  library  privileges  for  teachers  and 
pupils. 

The  Library  School 

A Library  School,  for  the  training  in 
librarianship  of  suitable  candidates,  was 
established  sin  1911. 

The  School  is  located  in  the  central  build- 
ing and  has  an  office,  a class  room  and  a 
lecture  room  on  the  ground  floor,  with  the 
occasional  use  of  a lecture  room  on  the 
second  floor. 

The  School  admits  by  examination,  the 
only  exception  made  to  this  being  in  favor 
of  graduates  of  colleges  of  recognized  stand- 
ing whose  records  show  that  they  have 
covered  the  required  subjects  and  have  at- 
tained satisfactory  rank  in  them. 

Attention  is  paid  to  the  housing  condi- 
tions of  students  from  out  of  town  and  an 
effort  made  to  see  that,  during  the  one 
or  two  years  in  the  School,  out-of-town 
students  make  use  of  the  many  valuable 
opportunities  for.  culture  offered  by  the 
metropolis.  At  the  end  of  the  first  year  the 
satisfactory  student  receives  a certificate, 
and  at  the  end  of  the  second  (specializing 
and  paid  practice)  year,  a diploma. 

Inquiries  should  be  directed  to  the  Prin- 
cipal of  the  Library  School  at  the  central 
building. 


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DIRECTORY 


Central  Building 

476  Fifth  avenue,  40th  to  42ncl  streets. 

TELEPHONE  7800  BRYANT 

Edwin  H.  Anderson,  Director. 

I.  Ferris  Lockwood,  Bursar. 

John  H.  Fedeler,  Building  Superintendent. 

Reference  Department 

Ii.  M.  Lydenberg,  Chief  reference  librarian. 

C.  H.  A.  Bjerregaard,  Chief  of  the  Readers’ 
division. 

F.  A.  Waite,  Chief  of  the  Information  divi- 
sion. 

Franklin  F.  Hopper,  Chief  of  the  Order  divi- 
sion, reference  and  circulation  departments. 

Axel  Moth,  Chief  of  the  Cataloguing  division. 

W.  B.  A.  Taylor,  Chief  of  the  Accessions  divi- 
sion. 

Wilberforce  Eames,  Chief  of  the  American 
history  division. 

Frank  Weitenkampf,  Chief  of  the  Art  divi- 
sion. 

Edward  Silsky,  Chief  of  the  Music  division. 

Henry  C.  Strippel,  Chief  of  the  Genealogy 
division. 

Herman  Rosenthal,  Chief  of  the  Slavonic 
division. 

s»  A.  S.  Freidus,  Chief  of  the  Jewish  division. 

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* 


Dr.  Richard  Gottheil,  Chief  of  the  Oriental 
division. 

Dr.  Henryk  Arctowski,  Chief  of  the  Science 
division. 

Miss  A.  R.  Hasse,  Chief  of  the  Public  docu- 
ments division. 

Shipley  W.  Ricker,  Chief  of  the  Current 
periodicals  division. 

W.  B.  Gamble,  Chief  of  the  Technology  divi- 
sion. 

Louis  N.  Fox,  Chief  of  the  Newspapers  divi- 
sion. 

William  H.  Schwarten,  Superintendent  of 
Printing  Office  and  Bindery. 

Circulation  Department 

Benjamin  Adams,  Chief  of  the  Department. 

Miss  E.  F.  Cragin,  Chief  of  the  Cataloguing 
office. 

H.  J.  Grumpelt,  Accountant. 

Miss  Rose  G.  Murray,  Supervisor  of  binding. 

Miss  Annie  Carroll  Moore,  Supervisor  of 
Children’s  rooms. 

Miss  A.  E.  Brown,  in  charge  of  Travelling 
Libraries. 

Miss  Lucille  Goldthwaite,  in  charge  of  the 
Library  for  the  blind. 

Miss  Anna  Burns,  in  charge  of  Central  cir- 
culation room. 

Miss  Jessie  G.  Sibley,  in  charge  of  Central 
children’s  room. 

Library  School 

Miss  Mary  W.  Plummer,  Principal. 


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The  main  reading  room  and  public  cata- 
logue room  are  open  every  week-day,  in- 
cluding all  holidays,  from  9 a.  m.  to  10  p.  m.; 
on  Sundays,  from  1 to  10  p.  m. 

The  picture  galleries  and  four  of  the 
reading  rooms  are  closed  on  Sundays  and 
on  week-day  evenings  after  6 p.  m.  The 
other  reading  rooms  are  open  from  9 a.  m. 
to  10  p.  m.  on  week  days,  1 to  10  p.  m.  on 
Sundays,  being  closed  on  New  Year’s  day, 
July  4,  and  Christmas. 

The  two  circulation  rooms  in  this  build- 
ing are  open  as  follows:  Adult,  week-days, 
including  holidays,  9 a.  m.  to  10  p.  m.;  on 
Sundays,  from  2 to  6 p.m.;  Children’s,  week- 
days from  9 a.  m.  to  6 p.m.;  the  room  is 
closed  on  Sundays  and  on  New  Year’s  day, 
July  4,  and  Christmas. 

Circulation  Branches 

4 

The  branches,  with  the  exceptions  noted 
below,  are  open  from  9 a.  m.  to  9 p.  m.  on 
week-days. 

Branches  in  Carnegie  buildings  (indicated 
below  by  an  asterisk  prefixed)  are  open  full 
hours  on  all  legal  holidays. 

The  other  branches  are  closed  during  the 
entire  day  on  New  Year’s  day,  Decoration 
day,  the  Fourth  of  July,  Presidential  elec- 
tion day,  Thanksgiving  day,  and  Christmas 
day;  after  6 p.m.  on  Washington’s  birth- 
day and  Christmas  eve;  and  on  Election  day 
(when  not  presidential)  after  5 p.  m. 


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The  Library  for  the  Blind  is  open  on 
week-days,  from  9 a.  m.  to  5 p.  m. 

The  Travelling  Library  offices  are  open 
from  9 a.  m.  to  5 p.  m.  on  week-days. 

The  Cathedral  branch  is  open  on  Sun- 
days from  10  a.  m.  till  noon,  and  the  read- 
ing rooms  of  the  Fifty-eighth  Street,  Tomp- 
kins Square,  Muhlenberg,  Ottendorfer,  and 
Rivington  Street  branches  from  2 to  6 p.  m. 

The  reading  rooms  of  the  Seward  Park, 
Hamilton  Fish  Park,  Tompkins  Square, 
and  Rivington  Street  branches  are  open  until 
10  p.  m.  on  week-days. 

At  the  Rivington  Street,  Seward  Park, 
and  Hamilton  Fish  Park  branches,  open- 
air  reading  rooms  on  the  roof  are  open  dur- 
ing the  summer  months. 

Manhattan  Branches 

* East  Broadway,  33.  (Chatham  Square.) 

Miss  A.  J.  Baigrie. 

East  Broadway  cars  pass  door;  2nd  and  3rd 
avenue  elevated  (Chatham  square)  and  3rd 
and  4th  avenue  surface  cars.  Telephone,  719 
Orchard. 

* East  Broadway,  192.  (Seward  Park.) 

Mr.  Frederick  Goodell. 

East  Broadway  cars  pass  door.  Telephone,  4876 
Orchard. 

* Rivington  Street,  61.  Miss  S.  P.  Kent. 

2nd  avenue  surface  cars;  2nd  avenue  elevated. 
Telephone,  3496  Orchard. 


* Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  week- 
day (legal  holidays  included). 


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THE  SEWARD  PARK  BRANCH 


* Houston  street,  388  East.  (Hamilton  Fish 

Park.)  Mr.  H.  L.  Wheeler. 

Brooklyn  cars  of  8th  or  14th  street  lines  cross 
Houston  street  within  four  blocks.  Telephone, 
3893  Orchard. 

* Leroy  street,  66.  (Hudson  Park.)  Miss 

M.  A.  Leonard. 

8th  avenue  surface  cars;  9th  avenue  elevated 
(Houston  street).  Telephone,  3423  Spring. 

Bond  Street,  49.  Miss  L.  Q.  Tobey. 

Madison  and  3rd  avenue  cars  pass  corner  of 
Bowery  and  Bond  street;  Broadway  cars  two 
* blocks  west;  3rd  avenue  elevated  (Houston 
street).  Telephone,  1834  Spring. 


8th  street.  135  Second  avenue.  (Otten- 

dorfer.)  Miss  Eugenie  Krauss. 

2nd  avenue  cars  pass  door;  8th  street  crosstown 
line  within  one  block;  2nd  avenue  elevated 
(8th  street);  3rd  avenue  elevated  (9th  street); 
subway  (Astor  place).  Telephone,  947  Orchard. 

* 10th  street,  331  East.  (Tompkins  Square.) 

Mrs.  A.  B.  Maltby. 

8th  street  crosstown  cars  (10th  street  ferry) 
pass  door;  Avenue  A cars,  and  8th  street  and 
14th  street  cars  to  and  from  Williamsburg 
bridge  pass  within  one  block.  Telephone,  753 
Orchard. 


13th  street,  251  West.  (Jackson  Square.) 
Miss  Gertrude  Foster. 

14th  street  cars  and  8th  avenue  cars  pass  within 
one  block.  Telephone,  1213  Chelsea. 


* Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  week- 
day (legal  holidays  included). 


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% * 23rd  street,  228  East.  (Epiphany.)  Miss 

E.  C.  Doughty. 

23rd  street  crosstown  cars  pass  the  door;  2nd  and 
3rd  avenue  surface  cars  within  one  block,  2nd 
and  3rd  avenue  elevated  (23rd  street).  Tele- 
* phone,  6551  Gramercy. 

* 23rd  street,  209  West.  (Muhlenberg.) 

Miss  E.  R.  Andrews. 

23rd  street  surface  line  passes  the  door;  7th 
avenue  cars  a few  feet  east;  6th  avenue  elevated 
(23rd  street)  one  block  east;  8th  avenue  sur- 
face cars  one  block  west.  Telephone,  3075 
Chelsea. 

* 36th  street,  303  East.  (St.  Gabriel's  Park.) 

Miss  L.  B.  Bohmert. 

34th  street  cars  (2nd  avenue)  within  two 
blocks;  2nd  avenue  elevated  (34th  street).  Tele- 
phone, 1671  Murray  Hill. 


* 40th  Street,  457  West.  Miss  I.  de  Tre- 
ville. 

10th  avenue  cars  within  one  block;  42nd  street 
cars  within  two  blocks;  9th  avenue  elevated 
(42nd  street).  Telephone,  7282  Bryant. 


42nd  street  and  Fifth  avenue.  (Central  Cir- 
culation.) Miss  Anna  Burns.  On  the 
ground  floor  of  the  central  building, 
directly  opposite  the  42nd  street  en- 
trance. Central  Children’s  Room,  Miss 
J.  G.  Sibley. 

42nd  street  cars  pass  door;  6th  avenue  elevated 
and  surface  cars  one  block  west;  Madison 
avenue  cars  one  block  east;  subway  (Grand 
Central  Station)  two  blocks  east.  Telephone, 
7800  Bryant. 


* Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  week- 
day (legal  holidays  included). 


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Miss 


50th  street,  123  East.  (Cathedral.) 

M.  C.  O’Meara. 

Lexington  avenue  cars  within  one  block.  Tele- 
phone, 3066  Plaza. 

*51st  street.  742  Tenth  avenue.  (Colum- 
bus.) Miss  L.  J.  Hinsdale. 

10th  avenue  cars  pass  door;  9th  avenue  elevated 
(50th  street).  Telephone,  2655  Columbus. 

* 58th  Street,  121  East.  Miss  Pauline  Leip- 

ziger. 

59th  street  and  Lexington  avenue  cars  within 
one  block;  3rd  avenue  elevated  (59th  street). 
Telephone,  1615  Plaza. 

* 67th  Street,  328  East.  Miss  E.  M. 

O’Meara. 

1st  and  2nd  avenue  cars  within  one  block.  Tele- 
phone, 2319  Plaza. 

*69th  street.  190  Amsterdam  avenue.  (Riv- 
erside.) Miss  Kate  Kaufman. 

10th  avenue  cars  pass  door;  Broadway  and  Am- 
sterdam avenue  cars  within  one  block;  West 
Side  elevated  and  subway  (66th  or  72nd 
street).  Telephone,  597  Columbus. 

* 78th  street.  1465  Avenue  A.  (Webster.) 

Miss  Zaidee  Griffin. 

1st  avenue  cars  within  one  block;  2nd  avenue 
elevated  (80th  street) ; 3rd  avenue  elevated 
(76th  street).  Telephone,  3052  Lenox. 


* Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  week- 
day (legal  holidays  included). 


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*7 9th  street,  222  East.  (Yorkville.)  Miss 

^ Florence  Overton. 

2nd  and  3rd  avenue  cars  within  one  block;  2nd 
avenue  elevated  (80th  street) ; 3rd  avenue 

elevated  (76th  street V Telephone,  918  Lenox. 


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*81st  street.  444  Amsterdam  avenue.  (St. 
Agnes.)  Miss  E.  M.  Sauer. 

Broadway  cars  pass  door;  West  Side  elevated 
(81st  street);  subway  (79th  or  86th  street). 
Telephone,  3757  Schuyler. 


* 96th  Street,  112  East.  Miss  Ida  Simpson. 

Lexington  avenue  surface  cars  within  one  block; 
3rd  avenue  elevated  (99th  street).  Telephone, 
2216  Lenox. 


* Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  week- 
day (legal  holidays  included). 


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100th  street,  206  West.  (Bloomingdale.) 

Miss  N.  E.  Plummer. 

Broadway  and  Amsterdam  avenue  cars  within  one 
block;  subway  (96th  or  103rd  street).  Tele- 
phone, 736  Riverside. 

* 110th  street,  174  East.  (Aguilar.)  Miss 

Mary  Saleski. 

110th  street  cars  pass  door;  3rd  and  Lexington 
avenue  cars  within  one  block;  3rd  avenue  ele- 
vated (106th  street).  Telephone,  1205  Harlem. 

* 115th  Street,  201  West.  Miss  Leah  Lewin- 

son. 

116th  street  surface  cars  within  one  block;  West 
Side  elevated  (116th  street);  East  Side  branch 
of  subway  (116th  street).  Telephone,  3547 
Morningside. 

* 124th  street,  9 West.  Mount  Morris  Park. 

(Harlem  Library.)  Miss  C.  G.  Thorne. 

Lenox  avenue  cars  within  one  block;  125th  street 
cars  within  one  block;  East  Side  branch  of 
subway  (125th  street);  125th  street  station, 
N.  Y.  C.  R,  R.,  at  Park  avenue.  Telephone, 
1823  Harlem, 

* 125th  Street,  224  East.  Miss  E.  L.  Foote. 

125th  street  cars  pass  door;  2nd  and  3rd  avenue 
cars  within  one  block;  3rd  avenue  elevated 
(125tli  street);  125th  street  station,  N.  Y.  C. 
R.  R.,  at  Park  avenue.  Telephone,  216  Har- 
lem. 

* 135th  Street,  103  West.  Miss  Gertrude 

Cohen. 

135th  street  surface  cars  pass  door;  Lenox  avenue 
surface  cars  and  subway  (135th  street)  pass 
adjacent  corner.  Telephone,  4957  Morningside. 


* Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  week- 
day (legal  holidays  included). 


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* 145th  street,  503  West.  (Hamilton 
' Grange.)  Miss  A.  M.  Wallace. 

145th  street  crosstown  cars  pass  door;  Amsterdam 
avenue  cars  and  subway  within  one  block. 
Telephone,  2147  Audubon. 

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THE  HAMILTON  GRANGE  BRANCH 


* Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  week- 
day (legal  holidays  included). 


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* 160th  street.  1000  St.  Nicholas  avenue. 
(Washington  Heights.)  Miss  M.  A. 
Wait. 

Amsterdam  avenue  cars  pass  the  door;  subway 
(157th  streeet).  Telephone,  388  Audubon. 


* 179th  street,  535  West.  (Fort  Washing- 
ton.) Miss  E.  C.  Wilson. 

Subway  (181st  street  and  Broadway),  surface 
cars  on  Amsterdam  avenue.  Telephone  connec- 
tion. 


Bronx  Branches 

* 140th  street,  321  East,  corner  of  Alexander 

avenue.  (Mott  Haven.)  Miss  H.  M. 

Goeks. 

3rd  avenue  elevated  to  138th  or  143rd  street  sta- 
tions; 138th  street  station  on  N.  Y.  Central 
from  Grand  Central  station,  42nd  street;  Bronx 
surface  cars  all  pass  near  on,  or  transfer  to, 
3rd  avenue  one  block  east;  Manhattan  135th 
street  cars  cross  Madison  avenue  bridge  to 
138th  street  in  the  Bronx  and  cross  Alexander 
avenue  two  blocks  south  of  140th  street. 
Telephone,  2029  Melrose. 

* 160th  street,  759  East.  (Woodstock.) 

Miss  Augusta  Markowitz. 

Subway  (West  Farms  trains),  Prospect  avenue 
station.  Telephone,  9068  Melrose. 


* 162nd  street,  910  Morris  avenue.  (Mel- 
rose.) Mrs.  I.  L.  Molnar. 

Melrose  station  on  N.  Y.  Central  from  Grand 
Central  Station.  Third  avenue  elevated  (161st 
street).  Telephone,  9063  Melrose. 


* Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  week- 
day (legal  holidays  included). 


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* 168th  street,  78  West,  corner  of  Woody- 

crest  avenue.  (Highbridge.)  Miss  Mar- 
jorie Winn. 

Jerome  avenue  surface  cars  to  Shakespeare  ave- 
nue; Ogden  avenue  cars  to  168th  street.  Tele- 
phone, 1889  Melrose. 

* 169th  street,  610  East.  (Morrisania.) 

Miss  M.  E.  Grimm. 

3rd  avenue  elevated  to  169th  street  station;  sub- 
way (West  Farms  trains)  transfers  to  3rd 
avenue  elevated  at  149th  street.  Telephone, 
1647  Tremont. 

* 176th  street.  1866  Washington  avenue. 

(Tremont.)  Miss  Theresa  Blumberg. 

Crosstown  cars  on  177th  street  (Tremont  avenue); 
3rd  avenue  elevated  (Tremont  avenue);  sub- 
way transfers  to  elevated  at  3rd  avenue  station 
(149th  street).  Telephone,  994  Tremont. 

*230th  street.  3041  Kingsbridge  avenue. 

(Kingsbridge.)  Miss  J.  C.  Leonard. 

N.  Y.  Central  R.  R.  (main  line  or  Putnam  divi- 
sion); subway  (231st  street).  Telephone,  169 
Kingsbridge. 


Richmond  Branches 

* St.  George.  5 Central  avenue.  Tompkins- 
ville  P.  O.  (Staten  Island  office  of 
Travelling  Libraries.)  Miss  C.  H. 
Meade. 

Staten  Island  ferry  from  Manhattan.  Surface 
cars  and  Rapid  Transit.  Telephone,  463  Tomp- 
kinsville. 


* Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  week- 
day (legal  holidays  included). 


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* Port  Richmond.  75  Bennett  street,  Port 

Richmond  P.  O.  Mrs.  J.  E.  Durnett. 

Staten  Island  ferry  from  Manhattan  to  St.  George, 
thence  Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit  or  trolley 
cars  to  Port  Richmond.  Telephone,  158  West 
Brighton. 

* Stapleton.  132  Canal  street,  corner  of 

Brook  street,  Stapleton  P.  O.  Miss  I. 

H.  Horak. 

Staten  Island  ferry  from  Manhattan  to  St. 

George,  thence  Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit  to 
Stapleton.  Station  within  a few  blocks.  Mid- 
land surface  cars  pass  near  door.  Telephone, 
427  Tompkinsville. 

* Tottenville.  7430  Amboy  road,  near  Pro- 

spect avenue,  Bentley  Manor  P.  O. 

Miss  H.  E.  Olmsted. 

Staten  Island  ferry  from  Manhattan  to  St. 

George,  thence  Staten  Island  Rapid  Transit  to 
Tottenville.  Telephone,  945  Tottenville. 


* Carnegie  buildings,  open  full  hours  every  week- 
day (legal  holidays  included). 


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PRINTED  CATALOGUES  AND 
READING  LISTS  * 

TO  BE  HAD  WITHOUT  CHARGE  UPON  APPLICATION  AT 

. ANY  BRANCH 

Lists  for  Adults 

A selected  list  of  books  on  engineering,  indus- 
trial arts  and  trades. 

Selected  lists  on  the  following  subjects 
reprinted  from  above: 

Aeronautics;  Automobiles;  Building 
specifications,  estimates,  law;  Concrete 
and  concrete  construction;  Dynamos 
and  motors;  Electric  lighting;  Elec- 
tric transmission;  Electric  wiring;  Fire- 
proofing; Foundry  practice;  Gas,  oil, 
and  air  engines;  Machine  design 
and  mechanical  drawing;  Machine 
shop  and  tools;  Marine  engineering 
and  shipbuilding;  Masonry  and  stone 
cutting;  Printing;  Sanitary  engineer- 
ing; Steam  engineering;  Surveying; 
Technical  and  vocational  education; 
Telegraph;  Textile  industries;  Water 
supply;  Wireless  telegraphy  and  tele- 
phony; Woodworking  and  carpentry. 

A short  list  of  books  on  ancient,  medieval, 
and  modern  art. 

List  of  current  guide  books  at  the  branches. 

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List  of  serial  reference  books  at  the 
branches. 

Current  periodicals  on  file  at  the  branches. 
Hungarian  book  list,  and  supplement. 

Italian  book  list. 

Bohemian  book  list. 

Catalogue  of  books  for  the  blind. 

Music  for  blind,  and  supplement. 

Branch  library  news.  (As  issued.) 

Vacation  reading  for  adults. 

Lists  for  Children 

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Printed  at  The  New  York  Public  Librar 


Pressboard 

Pamphlet 

Binder 

Gaylord  Bros.  Ir 
Makers 

Syracuse,  N.  Y 
PAT.  M 21,  1908 


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